Comments on: When Ballot Measure Titles Read Like Trick or Treat, and, There’s No Treat http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/when-ballot-measure-titles-read-like-trick-or-treat/ Story Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung on Wellness, Themes, Archetypes - Love Made Of Heart ® Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:11:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Martha Alderson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/when-ballot-measure-titles-read-like-trick-or-treat/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Martha Alderson Thu, 14 May 2009 03:50:12 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=142#comment-316 Thank you, Teresa, for making this clearer. You are, as always, so generous in your concern and support of others, especially those least able to speak up for themselves. Terrific blog. Lots of great info! Thanks. Thank you, Teresa, for making this clearer. You are, as always, so generous in your concern and support of others, especially those least able to speak up for themselves.

Terrific blog. Lots of great info!

Thanks.

]]> By: Chandra Garsson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/when-ballot-measure-titles-read-like-trick-or-treat/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Chandra Garsson Tue, 12 May 2009 01:06:11 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=142#comment-307 Oooooooops... I actually meant wolf in sheep's clothing, but you know, it's sometimes difficult to tell which is worse! Oooooooops… I actually meant wolf in sheep’s clothing, but you know, it’s sometimes difficult to tell which is worse!

]]> By: Chandra Garsson http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/when-ballot-measure-titles-read-like-trick-or-treat/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Chandra Garsson Mon, 11 May 2009 20:13:54 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=142#comment-306 MHSA gets it right. It is not my experience that our Governor in California, extreme and extremely powerful special interest groups such as proponents of Proposition 13, California legislators, and their two thirds majority mandate, or most people care a fig for the needs of the mentally ill. I say we must care! When in the 60s the only facilities for caring for the mentally ill were decimated by civil libertarians and then Reaganomics, the seeds were sewn for the astronomical homeless problem we face today. Without major health care, including mental health care reform, we will see a furthering of our only mental asylums being our city streets. The process of erosion of all our hospital care and facilities is already in place. It is time to start asking ourselves, is our own selfish greed really more important than the greater world we live in? I think it's time we start to demand higher taxes. I advocate for a no vote on Proposition 1E and the rest of Schwarzeneggaer's sheep in wolf's clothing specially sneaky election. propositions. MHSA gets it right. It is not my experience that our Governor in California, extreme and extremely powerful special interest groups such as proponents of Proposition 13, California legislators, and their two thirds majority mandate, or most people care a fig for the needs of the mentally ill. I say we must care!
When in the 60s the only facilities for caring for the mentally ill were decimated by civil libertarians and then Reaganomics, the seeds were sewn for the astronomical homeless problem we face today. Without major health care, including mental health care reform, we will see a furthering of our only mental asylums being our city streets. The process of erosion of all our hospital care and facilities is already in place. It is time to start asking ourselves, is our own selfish greed really more important than the greater world we live in? I think it’s time we start to demand higher taxes.
I advocate for a no vote on Proposition 1E and the rest of Schwarzeneggaer’s sheep in wolf’s clothing specially sneaky election. propositions.

]]> By: Diane Warner http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/when-ballot-measure-titles-read-like-trick-or-treat/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Diane Warner Mon, 11 May 2009 03:40:30 +0000 http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=142#comment-302 Dear Teresa, NAMI is recommending a No vote on Prop 1E. Prop 1E is about taking money from programs that we fought long and hard to establish--for persons with mental illness. The public had voted for Prop 63 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds to be used for these worthwhile purposes and these funds have already been accumulated for long awaited facilities and programs. Now Prop 1E proposes diversion of MHSA funds. It is like someone saving their money to buy a house and then someone else sees the money and wants that money now for something else; it really defeats honest efforts. Also, the program WHEN MEDICINE GOT IT WRONG is an historical document showing how a few citizens made a difference in the care and treatment of family members with severe mental illness. It is hard to watch at times but the underlying message is that ordinary people can and do affect change. Look at it as an example of what all of us can do if we stay to the task and believe in what we are fighting for. Let me know what you think after viewing it. Love, Diane Dear Teresa,
NAMI is recommending a No vote on Prop 1E.
Prop 1E is about taking money from programs that we fought long and hard to establish–for persons with mental illness. The public had voted for Prop 63 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds to be used for these worthwhile purposes and these funds have already been accumulated for long awaited facilities and programs. Now Prop 1E proposes diversion of MHSA funds. It is like someone saving their money to buy a house and then someone else sees the money and wants that money now for something else; it really defeats honest efforts.

Also, the program WHEN MEDICINE GOT IT WRONG is an historical document showing how a few citizens made a
difference in the care and treatment of family members with severe mental illness. It is hard to watch at times but the underlying message is that ordinary people can and do affect change. Look at it as an example of what all of us can do if we stay to the task and believe in what we are fighting for. Let me know what you think after viewing it.

Love, Diane

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